Name DOI
10.1601/nm.146
Name
 Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mah and Kuhn 1984
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mah and Kuhn 1984
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Nomenclatural Type
(designated species)
 Stadtman and Barker 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Methanococcus Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Mah and Kuhn 1984
Nomenclatural History
The genus Methanococcus was originally proposed by Kluyver and van Niel 1936. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. This name was placed onto the nomina taxorum conservanda by Judicial Opinion 62 in 1986. This name was affected by Judicial Opinion 79 in 2005. Barker published an emended description of this genus in 1936. Subsequent emendations were proposed by Bryant in 1974, in 1979 and Mah and Kuhn in 1984.
Citation
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References

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